Sen. Diane Feinstein returned last week after months away from the Senate as she recovered from the shingles virus. In a short interview after voting Thursday, Feinstein responded to questions about her absence.
With the help of a staff member, Sen. Diane Feinstein rose from her wheelchair, gripped his arm, and walked onto the floor and cast her second vote of the week. She voted against a plan to nullify shad recently passed and then walked off the floor.
Back in her wheelchair, she exited an elevator and was met by a reporter — who asked about her health.Feinstein returned last week after months away from the Senate as she recovered from the shingles virus . Her absence from Washington didn’t derail the confirmation of President Biden’s judicial nominations or the work of federal government, but it did cause angst among Democrats who worried that the slim margins of their majority could make their work difficult or impossible.
She then breezed by in her wheelchair and didn’t respond to other questions. The interview wasn’t more than a minute and it was one of the few times she’s spoken to reporters since returning to the Capitol. The senator haslittle about her health or her workload — aside from statements saying she was being briefed about Senate business while she recuperated at home in San Francisco and that, when she returned to Washington, her doctors told her to work a light schedule.
Because of that, Feinstein’s nearly three-month absence some congressional Democrats called for her to resign due to her absence and ill health. One was Rep. Ro Khanna of Fremont, who said last week that he was glad to hear of Feinstein’s return and was “hopeful that she will be able to fulfill her duties.”
Her health and mental acuity have been questioned by the press and her colleagues in recent years. Feinstein has long been known as not only powerful but hands-on — demanding, for example, to edit media advisories before they were sent out. But several stories,
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